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College costs in Kentucky

All 54 colleges in Kentucky, 33 four-year and 21 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $14,220, rising about 2.7% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 8 of the four-year schools are public. 10 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (33)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Alice Lloyd College	private	$14,080	2.8%
American National University-Pikeville	private	$11,484	-0.1%
Asbury University	private	$33,640	2.5%
Beckfield College-Florence	private	$13,295	0.3%
Bellarmine University	private	$46,780	2.9%
Berea College	private	$49,326	8.2%
Brescia University	private	$30,450	4.8%
Campbellsville University	private	$26,990	1.9%
Centre College	private	$50,550	3.5%
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College	private	$10,120	4.6%
Eastern Kentucky University	public	$10,130	2.8%
Georgetown College	private	$42,010	2.7%
Kentucky Christian University	private	$25,000	4.5%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College	private	$10,060	3.6%
Kentucky State University	public	$9,214	2.5%
Kentucky Wesleyan College	private	$33,393	4.7%
Lindsey Wilson College	private	$27,274	2.1%
Midway University	private	$26,080	1.8%
Morehead State University	public	$9,838	2.5%
Murray State University	public	$9,708	3.1%
Northern Kentucky University	public	$10,896	2.3%
Simmons College of Kentucky	private	$13,900	n/a
Spalding University	private	$27,672	2.1%
Sullivan University	private	$14,220	-3.6%
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	private	$13,086	-2.4%
Thomas More University	private	$37,650	3.1%
Transylvania University	private	$44,980	3.4%
Union College	private	$31,071	3.4%
University of Kentucky	public	$14,177	2.4%
University of Louisville	public	$12,828	2.3%
University of Pikeville	private	$24,150	3.1%
University of the Cumberlands	private	$9,875	-7.5%
Western Kentucky University	public	$11,436	2.5%

Two-year colleges (21)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Ashland Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
ATA College	private	$13,790	1.6%
Big Sandy Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Bluegrass Community and Technical College	public	$4,706	2.7%
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Galen College of Nursing-ARH	private	$15,860	n/a
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville	private	$15,860	n/a
Gateway Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.6%
Hazard Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Henderson Community College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Hopkinsville Community College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Interactive College of Technology-Newport	private	$10,970	2.9%
Jefferson Community and Technical College	public	$4,706	2.7%
Madisonville Community College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Maysville Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Owensboro Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Ross College-Hopkinsville	private	$12,492	5.7%
Somerset Community College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%
West Kentucky Community and Technical College	public	$4,656	2.8%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.